A disabled girl's wheelchair was stolen while she was on a ride at a family amusement park in Skegness, it's been revealed.

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Twelve-year-old Amy-Louise Lowe's wheelchair was left at the entrance to a ride at Fantasy Island last Wednesday.

When Amy and her sister returned after going on the ride, the wheelchair was gone.

A spokesperson for Fantasy island says the security office was informed but staff couldn't find the wheelchair.

Lincolnshire Police says its officers are investigating but so far there have been no arrests.

Police chief Marc Jones says Spice dealers should be treated the same as those who peddle heroin.

Exhibits at a Scunthorpe museum are being recreated as wooden works of art by an expert carver.

Allen Stichler plans to carve 12 of the exhibits into the oldest tree at North Lincolnshire Museum, which will then bet cut down.

The exhibits selected to be carved by Mr Stichler were chosen by children at Bushfield Road Infant School.

The trust which runs Lincolnshire's hospitals is missing its target for urgent breast cancer referral by 70%, new figures show.

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The target set by the NHS is for 93% of patients to be seen within a fortnight.

But the latest figure for Lincolnshire shows fewer than 20% of women in the county were seen within two weeks.

The health trust for Lincolnshire says most patients are being treated on time, but that there's a problem recruiting radiologists.

The coroner at an inquest into the death of a volunteer at a Lincolnshire heritage windmill says he hopes the accident will lead to new national safety guidelines for using vintage machinery.

Volunteer Peter Lett (pictured) died after his clothing became entangled in an oil engine on the Heckington Windmill site.

During the inquest yesterday, which concluded that Mr Lett died by accident, the jury heard there are "very limited" guidelines on how to operate vintage machinery.

Coroner Stuart Lett said he felt "strongly that there is a need for such guidance".

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About 9,000 teenagers across the Yorkshire and Humber region may have self-harmed last year, according to a new report by The Children's Society.

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The analysis looked at the well-being of 14-year-olds and found children were most worried about their image, while other issues like their sexuality were also a concern.

Police are searching for this woman who's gone missing in Lincolnshire.

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Tricia Notley went missing from Lincoln on Friday evening and hasn't been seen since.

She was wearing dark clothing and a hooded top.

Anyone who knows here whereabouts is being asked to contact police.

Blackburn put in a dominant second-half performance to beat League Two leaders Lincoln in the Carabao Cup second round.

Peter Lett died when his clothing caught in an engine he was restoring at a windmill, a court hears.

Highways England have released images of a crash which has been causing delays on the A180 in South Killingholme.

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The lorry crashed into the car pictured, which had broken down on the road.

Luckily, no-one was in the car when the crash happened.

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The family from the car had been sitting on an embankment waiting for a recovery vehicle to arrive.

The driver of the lorry suffered only minor injuries.

A jury has concluded that windmill volunteer Peter Lett was killed by accident while working on an engine at Heckington Mill.

The inquest heard earlier that Mr Lett's clothing became entangled in the mechanism of the engine.

A volunteer said that the machinery lifted Mr Lett "over the flywheel and back onto the floor".

He died from multiple injuries, including brain injury.

Paramedics pronounced him dead at the scene in Heckington in February this year.

It seems that there have been problems recycling glass in East Lindsey this weekend.

Glass bottles have been building up outside bottle banks in Louth (pictured) after the county council recycling centre was unable to take any more glass this weekend.

Lincolnshire County Council says the companies responsible for the collections failed to turn up.

A volunteer who died after getting his clothing caught in an engine at a Lincolnshire windmill couldn't wear overalls as protection due to a "long-standing injury", an inquest has heard.

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Pete Lett (pictured below) died earlier this year after suffering brain injuries as a result of the incident at Heckington Windmill.

His clothing became caught in a Ruston engine (similar to the one pictured) which was installed to turn millstones when there wasn't much wind.

Giving evidence at the inquest, Jim Bailey, a director of the Heckington Windmill Trust, said the trust issues safety equipment and has a policy of wearing close-fitting clothing.

Overalls are issued, but Mr Lett did not use them because of a long-standing injury which meant he could not raise his arms to get into them, the inquest heard.

As the lead engineer for the engine, Mr Lett was in the process of putting together a comprehensive risk assessment for operating the engine.

In the meantime, only Mr Lett could run the engine but it had not been installed with safety guards because the trust had collectively decided to keep the machine as historically authentic as possible.

The inquest continues.

High end kitchenware shop Lakeland has been announced as the latest brand to move into Lincoln's Cornhill development.

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The area in the centre of the city has been revamped in the past year and there's more planned.

A four-screen cinema will eventually form part of the attractions in the £70m redesign.

Lakeland has already been open for business at a retail park in the south of the city for a few years but a spokesperson said they're pleased to be "moving closer to the centre of Lincoln".

A theatre in Lincoln is letting its audiences decide how much they want to pay for performances this autumn.

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The Lincoln Drill Hall is adopting the risky strategy to encourage audiences to see arts performances and support emerging talent.

The idea is that people book in advance but pay what they fancy on the way out.

League Two side Lincoln City sign midfielder Kellan Gordon from Championship outfit Derby County on a loan deal until January.

Fed up of fumbling for coins to pay for parking in Spalding? Good news: card payments are finally being accepted at some car parks in the town.

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One pay and display machine in Vine Street has been replaced after it was stolen last year and now takes card payments.

Meanwhile, two others in Herring Lane and Victoria Street are now accepting both cash and card payments.

It's part of a new scheme to make payments quicker and easier in Spalding.

"Catastrophic retail failures" in the coming months will have a damaging effect on Lincolnshire's high streets, a senior Lincolnshire councillor has warned, according to the Local Democracy Reporting Service.

Councillor Colin Davie, executive member for economy at Lincolnshire County Council, said "secondary towns" in the county will suffer from changes in retail unless action is taken.

This year, major outlets such as Toys "R" Us and Homebase have closed in Lincolnshire, as well as three branches of Lloyds Bank and four Natwest branches.

But Councillor Davie said the region must avoid empty units and charity shops "filling the void".

He also warned that further closures should be expected and that both the Greater Lincolnshire Enterprise Partnership and district councils have "a lot of work to do" in order to keep town centres vibrant for the future.

A volunteer at a Lincolnshire windmill died from multiple injuries including brain injury after his clothing became entangled in an engine, an inquest has been told.

Pete Lett was volunteering at Heckington Windmill when he died on February 25 this year.

Today an inquest jury has heard that he was working on a Ruston engine (pictured) in a shed on the site when his clothing became entangled in the engine flywheel.

Michael Bryer, another volunteer who was in the shed at the time, gave evidence saying that he heard a loud noise.

He turned round to see Mr Lett “move up over the flywheel and back onto the floor”.

The men had been working on the engine which had been installed to power the stones in the event of low wind.

The inquest into Mr Lett's death is scheduled to continue until tomorrow.